The Osceola times., 1887-10-29
WONAYS DEPARTMENT.
GONE TO HEB RESI-.
4 nricr sketch of the Life and Chara''e'
,g IN. Late Jane Nelson Mchi.n'


.,yer, scattered TO n,-hTtain-side ana
,Sashorc. one ofthe remarkaDld Tomen
Of New York passed away. This was
Mrs. Jane Nelson Mcsdam. the mother
81 our longtime co-worker MlssJeah-
ME NcAdam As treasurer OF the
New York City League, Miss MeA'a"
has rendered faithful service 10 our
cause for fifteen ycara Il idoy o.
great personal beauty, and ara9,e.. 80. o.
inamcr--how many times we n"'G
looked nt her With pride, ss.she stood
reading her reports, her whole appear
ancc in dignity and rehncment fslsifs-
ing the absurd projUdiees against 'iie
women who advocate equal rights' -
During these Years the sunlmarhome
of Miss MeAdam was at l-oA~elf'
where i,wclt hor mothsr- paaalh4 GENT
ly down the -yal,a-ei years 'iit sife-hau
almost entered A6r Binety-sevohta WIN
ter Born az Bolfest, lrehsnss ssp'eih'
hero. l79lo oJaue Nelson came INTO ~
inc in the midst Of the struggle ief
irish independence, which onIhinateu
in,tlie VtI,reak Of liss. lier ialesr9
Samuel Nelson, was a disilngpIshea
member Of the O1lerg OF Unlieu
b lrishmon,. the .,assoeiaie Of .NhQN
Tone and Robert Emmet. et.--hor
his part III Smelling trebcIlion'
he was cast into Newgate prison
with EmRet, GORDON, ku-Se4, ana
others, and was QgllI IlSralea on .s..e 9
pledge to cXpatriate himself. lie CANT
to this country to make Il honHiF M
wife aud children. but ere he could 90
50 hc died. brukun down by the hard
shpsO Of hs iinprisonment his fanny
remained in Ireland, whore Jane gre"
to wumanhcol and married George
McAdam, at a later period coming 10
this country with her family. where,
by her own talents and efforts, she OH
tanned an honorable Independence.
For many years she and hes daughters
kept private school at which were
educated the children Of most OF the
best people Of the vicinity. erAr7
Born and reared amid the struggles
Tor independence in lrslaud, Mrs. Me-
Adam loved liberty With intense de-
yotieu. She took the deepest interest
in tie auti-,laycry struggle. Al
though the woman suffrage agitation
came after she had entered old age.
She followed every movement with
the kecuest enthusiasm. She was
gifted with distinguished beauty, re-
tanning to her death wonderful deli
cacy of complexion She was q ripe
scholar. and possessed tenacious
mcmorv. She ustonishcd q young
student only few years ago by re-
citing to him ninety lines of Vir-
gil. She had charming gcniality Of
manner. and the readiness of wit and
Glickncss of repartee supposed to be-
long TO lur race On the day before
her death she recited the whole Of the
psalm. 'Erhe Lord is my shepherd,
Shall not WANT first in the language
Of the Bible, and then in the metrieaI
version Her last words before she
sank into the slcepin which she peace.
fully passed away were rest rest,
and few moments later, "to-mor
row.
The closing of life 50 full of useful
ness aud yet so ripe brings not the re-
grct that comes v hen one is cut oil IA
tho pine. The friends who stoo,
un'cr the trees, and among the iQwcr
Of the home where she had dwclt loi
so many years, looking out over The
bright waters i The Hudson, felt tha
the spirit, released from the burden o
years. was gazing on faircr visioni
than These, and that the words fare
welln and "all hail" blended hetweer
the nearer and the further shore. 20
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